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Hi StanDan,

Sorry for the slow answer. Currently, there aren't any command-line switches for silent uninstallation. I hope to be able to add this feature in one of the next versions. The only thing close to uninstalling previous versions of the program is by using the automatic detection for ...

I was wondering, I can't seem to find anywhere in the docs that show command line options for Uninst0.exe, are there any? It seems like arguments cause the program to end abruptly.

I'd like to auto-uninstall the previous version by looking up the installed path and then calling Unist0.exe. Does ...

Finally got it, it was missing OpenConsole(), which is required for it to work but there's no warning about it being needed.
This works. Thank you guys!

Yikes, still doesn't work.


str.s = "Whooolly Booly"

WriteConsoleData(@str, Len(str))


With the above code compiled with either Windows or Console set, I get the following.


C:\Users\jonathan\dev\Citation>perl -le "print `build\test.exe`"


C:\Users\jonathan\dev\Citation>ruby -e "puts `build ...

Thank you. I'm not sure how I missed that.

I'm doing something that you would think would be blindingly simple, yet I'm tripping all over myself finding an answer. How can I pop up a window asking a user for a value and then capture that from STDOUT? This works on Linux and Mac but not Windows.


OpenConsole()
If OpenWindow(0, 100,100,200 ...

IdeasVacuum: Yes! This was the way to get it done.

For anyone who's trying to do this in the future here's how:

1. Add an advanced task to the installer of type "Run Program"
2. Path to the program to open: <system>\schtasks.exe
3. Command line parameters: /create /tn "TaskName" /tr "\"<Component ...

Hi Everyone!

How do I add a scheduled task from an installer? I (mistakenly) posted the full question in Coding Questions and was kindly directed here. Basically, how do I add a scheduled task from an installer? It seems almost an impossible task, I've looked at Win32 API and it's a terrible mess ...

Aaahg! I've been pulling my hair out for the past two days over this. I feel a bit like I'm Frodo carrying the One Ring to Mount Doom, only I happen to be on that one bad day where they were lost in the Dead Marshes. And I'm naked. Or... something... It's pretty bad. :D

I've finally solved my issue ...

Thanks guys for the help, I decided to go with the option of letting windows do my task scheduling. Not sure if it isn't easier to just write it myself though, lol. Windows is being a total jerkface about adding a scheduled task from a Byteessentials Installer script. I may just end up writing it ...

I just realized that I might be going about this wrong, it turns out that scheduled tasks have this option already. So this just got a LOT easier. lol

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/agent_idle_time.mspx?mfr=true

I guess this is why nobody bothered ...

Jesper: Thank you! That is an interesting idea. I'm more concerned in having my program run like a screen saver. In other words, I would like it to only run while the computer is idle. Something like this:


If ComputerIsIdle()
CheckForWork()
Else
Delay(5000)
EndIf


How would I check to see if ...

Hey guys,

Long story short, I need my PB app to run only while the computer is idle. Currently it runs as a scheduled task, every 15 minutes or so it checks for some work on the server and if it has some then it churns away at it. Any idea how to do this? I was thinking maybe read the process list ...

The exact solution that worked for me was to type the following into a Terminal.


sudo su -
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libgtkembedmoz.so.0d libgtkembedmoz.so


After this the WebGadget.pb example worked without modification. I know that you've probably already checked for this, but are you sure your code ...

I'm not sure what you're trying to do but the example in /usr/share/purebasic/examples/sources/SerialPort.pb reports "Serial Opened with Success" when I run it (on Ubuntu 8.10.) Also, it says under "OS" on the OpenSerialPort() section of the manual that it supports "All".

I'm assuming you don't ...